MCBiology Lab

(More photos up on my Facebook)

So, our class had our first MCB(Molecular Cell Biology) lab on Tuesday and we did something quite interesting which was identifying of DNA samples and stuff like that. Like how you'd identify this (e.g. Father) biological Son between 2 DNA samples given and etc. But we didn't actually get a chance to use like real human blood because the DNA chains would just be too long to process so we could only settle for bacteria :( damn, haha. So what you actually see in the first photo is the agarose gel which is like MADE on the spot and do you see those lil holes in it? Yea, they're called 'wells' and that's where we actually insert the dna sample in. But it's SO SO difficult to inject the sample in right because the wells are just so hard to see and its like a small hole, under a layer of water. So imagine you'd miss the hole or didn't release the DNA properly, it'd just mix all over in the water which is = to FAIL! So you kinda redo it, haha! Ok enough said least you'd get bored :\ I'd definitely love more lab sessions! And not theorectical ones.